The red poppy is a symbol of remembrance to honor fallen military personnel. The red poppy's symbolism originated during World War I, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by John McCrae.

In Flanders Fields is still recited each year at Remembrance Day ceremonies in Canada — more than a century after it was written during the First World War. Here’s a look back at the soldier ...

A copy of the "In Flanders' Field" poem plate as well as an original Dec. 8, 1915 edition of Punch Magazine in which the poem was published sit in a glass case on display at the RCA Museum at CFB ...

The British wear poppies on Armistice Day because a Canadian doctor wrote a poem that mentions poppies. It’s a small thing, that poppy-wearing, when compared to the horror of World War I, with the ...

A micro-artist has written the world's smallest poem after etching 'In Flanders Fields' on a speck of his war hero grandfather's military badge - in the eye of a needle. Graham Short, 77, spent ...

Scarce heard amid the guns below. — Excerpt from “In Flanders Fields,” by Canadian Lt. Col. John McCrae The American Legion Darren Tate Post 425 in Canyon will be giving out poppy flowers ...

On Remembrance Day, Canadians, indeed people throughout the Commonwealth, hear the poem “In Flanders Fields.” It may be recited in schools, at commemorative events or heard on television. In ...

It was first published on December 8, 1915 and is one of the most quoted poems from the First World War. In Flanders Fields in full In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow ...

Many will mark Armistice Day with a reading of In Flanders Fields, the war poem written by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.